Jalal Talabani

Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: جەلال تاڵەبانی‎ Celal Tallebanî, Arabic: جلال طالباني‎ Jalāl Ṭālabānī; born 12 November 1933; died 3 October 2017) wis the saxt Preses o Iraq, a leadin Kurdish politeecian. He is the first non-Arab preses o Iraq, altho Abdul Karim Qasim wis o pairtial Kurdish heritage.^[1]

His Excellency Jalal Talabani
6t Preses o Iraq
In office 7 Aprile 2005 – 24 Julie 2014
Prime Meenister	Ibrahim al-Jaafari Nouri al-Maliki
Vice Preses	Adil Abdul-Mahdi Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer Tariq Al-Hashimi Khodair al-Khozaei
Precedit bi	Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer
Succeedit bi	Fuad Masum
Leader o the Patriotic Union o Kurdistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 Aprile 1975
Precedit bi	Office Created
Preses o the Govrenin Cooncil o Iraq
In office 1 November 2003 – 30 November 2003
Precedit bi	Ayad Allawi
Succeedit bi	Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Personal details
Born	12 November 1933(1933-11-12) Kelkan, Iraq
Dee'd	3 October 2017 (aged 83) Germany
Poleetical pairty	Patriotic Union o Kurdistan
Spoose(s)	Hero Ibrahim Ahmed
Bairns	Qubad
Alma mater	Varsity o Baghdad
Religion	Sunni Islam

Talabani is the foonder an secretar general o ane o the main Kurdish poleetical pairties, the Patriotic Union o Kurdistan (PUK). He wis a prominent member o the Interim Iraq Govrenin Cooncil, which wis established follaein the owerthrow o the Saddam Hussein regime bi the invasion o Iraq in 2003. Talabani haes been an advocate for Kurdish richts an democracy in Iraq for mair nor 50 years. Apart frae his native Kurdish, Talabani is fluent in Arabic, Persie, an Inglis. Talabani is a member o the Socialist Internaitional.^[2]